On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 14:26 +0200, Theunis Potgieter wrote: > So what happens when the main/server machine gets stuck on channel > zapping, when there and you see only a "no channel" display on the > client? Should the recording happen on the server? or on the client > side? how do you restart vdr if you can't see the server's menu? I didn't say it was either flawless or an ideal approach, but there are always methods by which to deal with such failure. (e.g. the 'remote' plugin can listen on a TCP port and give you text OSD via telnet) IMO, the recordings should always happen on the server. The xbmc-modified streamdev is now able to playback recordings over its own VTP: http://www.xbmc.org/trac/ticket/5595#comment:29 The 'clever stuff' is handling clashes of recordings / timers - some kind of priority system e.g. parents timers override the kids ones. gdh _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr